Recycling systems around the world have been thrown into chaos following China’s 2018 ban on the import of plastic waste. However, what has arguably created a global waste crisis can also be seen as an opportunity to re-invent inefficient or ineffective systems that...
This research focuses on the fundamental strategies and techniques required for organizational change to embed sustainability across the supply chain. Through a combination of interviews, surveys, and roundtables, research to obtain a deeper understanding on how...
This project is an investigation into technology innovations for supply traceability. Beginning with a broad review of existing practices, best practices, and newly emerging technologies – this research seeks to examine the viability of emerging digital options such...
Towards Sustainable Palm Oil: The viability of entire industries depends heavily on social and environmental resources. One of the clearest examples of this is in the palm oil industry. Rapid growth in demand has resulted in high rates of deforestation and deeply...
A startup founded by Ricky Ashenfelter & Emily Malina, Spoiler Alert is a B2B foodtech solution to help businesses manage surplus food and organic waste. Reduce wasted food leads to improved margin and & fights food insecurity. View More
Mexico City is a prime location to start a biodiesel enterprise due to its sizeable availability of waste vegetable oil (WVO) and biodiesel users. WVS is an extremely viable feedstock for producing biodiesel because of the similar function properties compared to other...
